The governor of Zacatecas (Spanish: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Zacatecas) wields executive power in the State of Zacatecas. The governor is directly elected by the citizens, using secret ballot, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection.
The current governor of Zacatecas is David Monreal Ávila, a member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), since 2021.
Governors
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Donato Moreno Muro | 16 September 1920 – 26 November 1923 |
1920 | ||
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Ezequiel Salcedo | 27 November 1923 – 7 April 1924 |
Interim | ||
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José T. Delgado | 8 April 1924 – 9 August 1924 |
Interim | ||
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Aureliano Castañeda | 16 September 1924 – 19 December 1925 |
1924 | ||
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Pedro Belauzarán | 20 December 1925 – 2 April 1926 |
Interim | ||
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Fernando Rodarte | 1 May 1926 – 15 March 1928 |
Interim | ||
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Francisco Bañuelos | 16 March 1928 – 1 September 1928 |
Interim | ||
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Alfonso Medina Castañeda | 16 September 1928 – 28 May 1929 |
1928 | ||
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J. Jesús Delgado | 29 May 1929 – 31 December 1929 |
Interim | ||
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Luis R. Reyes | 1 January 1930 – 31 January 1932 |
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Leobardo C. Ruiz | 1 February 1932 – 15 September 1932 |
Interim | ||
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Matías Ramos (1891–1962) |
16 September 1932 – 15 September 1936 |
PNR | 1932 | |
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J. Félix Bañuelos (1878–1948) |
16 September 1936 – 15 September 1940 |
PNR | 1936 | |
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Pánfilo Natera García (1882–1951) |
16 September 1940 – 15 September 1944 |
PRM | 1940 | |
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Leobardo Reynoso (1902–1993) |
16 September 1944 – 15 September 1950 |
PRM | 1944 | |
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José Minero Roque (1907–1978) |
16 September 1950 – 15 September 1956 |
PRI | 1950 | |
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Francisco E. García (1920–2004) |
16 September 1956 – 15 September 1962 |
PRI | 1956 | |
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José Rodríguez Elías (1916–1994) |
16 September 1962 – 15 September 1968 |
PRI | 1962 | |
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Pedro Ruiz González (1928–1975) |
16 September 1968 – 15 September 1974 |
PRI | 1968 | |
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Fernando Pámanes Escobedo (1909–2005) |
16 September 1974 – 15 September 1980 |
PRI | 1974 | |
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José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona (1924–2013) |
16 September 1980 – 15 September 1986 |
PRI | 1980 | |
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Genaro Borrego Estrada (b. 1949) |
16 September 1986 – 14 May 1992 |
PRI | 1986 | |
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Pedro de León (b. 1945) |
14 May 1992 – 11 September 1992 |
PRI | Interim | |
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Arturo Romo Gutiérrez (b. 1942) |
12 September 1992 – 11 September 1998 |
PRI | 1992 | |
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Ricardo Monreal Ávila (b. 1960) [1] |
12 September 1998 – 11 September 2004 |
PRD | 1998 | |
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Amalia García (b. 1951) [2] |
12 September 2004 – 11 September 2010 |
PRD | 2004 | |
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Miguel Alonso Reyes (b. 1971) |
12 September 2010 – 11 September 2016 |
PRI | 2010 | |
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Alejandro Tello Cristerna (b. 1962) |
12 September 2016 – 11 September 2021 |
PRI | 2016 | |
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David Monreal Ávila (b. 1966) |
12 September 2021 – Incumbent |
Morena | 2021 |
See also
References
- ^ Magaloni, Beatriz (2006). Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico. Cambridge University Press. p. 53. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511510274.002. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Amalia Garcia - Governor of the state of Zacatecas[permanent dead link ]